The decks are cleared for poll-strategist Prashant Kishor’s entry into the Congress party. Since May 2021, when he first made a presentation for the revival of the electoral fortunes of the Congress, the grand old party has lost Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa, and Manipur elections. Then he was rebuffed. Now, facing an existential crisis, the party high command has chosen to engage with Kishor once again. He has already held six rounds of talks with the Congress leadership. The stage of mounting a resistance to his entry into the party has long passed.
The resounding defeat in the recent state
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